Broom-handle



(No Model.)

G. W. PARK.

BROOM HANDLE. 1\T0.592,554.` Patented Oct. 26,1897.

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GEORGE lV. PARK, OF QUINOY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BROOM-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,554, dated October 26, 1897. Application filed April 26, 1897. Serial No. 633,926. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PARK, of Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Handles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to broom-handles which are elastic or resilient in order that in the act of sweeping the broom may yield and swing backwardly from the handle while downward and forward pressure is being exerted upon it by the operator, the handle being thus put in a condition of tension and caused to throw the broom forward when the downward and forward pressure is removed.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective construction whereby the desired resilience may be imparted to a broom-handle; and it consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective view of a broom the handle of which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the handle in the act of yielding. Figs. i and 5 represent a modied form of clamp.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents a broomhead, which may be of any suitable construction and is attached to a short handlesection b. Said section has a beveled or inclined face t on one side. c represents another section having a correspondingly beveled or inclined face c', formed to abut against the face b'. The two sections are preferably formed so that when the faces Z7 c are in contact with each other the handle is of substantially the pressure exerted by the operator causes the broom-head and the handle-section ZJ to swing backwardly, the bands CZ d yielding, as shown in Fig. 3. This takes place when the operator is moving the broom forward, its lower end being iu contact with the ioor. When the forward stroke is completed and the downward and forward pressure is relieved, the bands d contract and force the broom-head forward until the faces b' c meet. This action is found to materially decrease the muscular effort required in sweeping, making the operation much easier.

To prevent relative endwise movement of the two sections, I affix to each a dowel-pin e, the pin on the section b entering a socket in the section c, while the pin in the section c enters a socket in the section Z9, each pin being movable endwise in its socket. As an additional means to the same end, I show a pin f, affixed to the section b between the pins e e, said pin entering and being movable in a socket in the section c.

I may, if desired, modify the form of clamp shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3.

In Figs. 4. and 5 the sections b and c of the broom-handle are held yieldingly together by clamps consisting of elliptical straps or castings g g. A screw h is passed through the band and is threaded into the section of the broom-handle which is thicker at that point, as through the section b in Fig. 5. It is passed loosely through an enlarged aperture in the other or thinner section of the handle and is threaded into an aperture in the strip or band, so that it extends longitudinally of the major axis of the ellipse. Between the thinner section and the strap a spring 1l is coiled about the screw, so as to permit the sections of the handle to separate under pressure, the screws acting as dowel-pins to prevent longitudinal movement of the sections. With this construction also the broom may yield so as to reduce the effort required in sweeping. l

Other changes may loe made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claiml. A broom-handle composed of two sections having beveled or inclined faces which abut against each other, said sections being provided with means for preventing relative endWise movernent ofL either Section,r and means for yieldingly connectingv the portions on Which said beveled faces are formed.

2. A broom-handle composed of two sections having beveled or inclined faces which abut against each other, each section having l a pin projecting loosely into a socket or aperture in the other section, the tWO, Sections 1o being yieldingly connectedby resilient means which surround the portions on which said beveled faces are formed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of `tvvo subscribing Witnesses, this 28th day of [5 April, A. D. 1897.

` GEORGE W. PARK. lVitnesses:

O. F. BROWN,

A. D. HARRISON. 

